Japanese symbol for “shoddy”
悪質
あくしつ
Romaji: akushitsu
malicious; vicious; malignant; underhanded
In Japanese, shoddy is 悪質, read あくしつ (akushitsu).
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Meanings
- adj-na, n malicious; vicious; malignant; underhanded
- adj-na, n shoddy; inferior; poor-quality; second-rate
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “shoddy”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 拙い | つたない tsutanai | poor-quality; shoddy; crude |
| ちゃち | ちゃち chachi | cheap; rubbishy; shoddy |
| 疎慢 | そまん soman | slipshod; sloppy; shoddy |
| 質の悪い | しつのわるい shitsunowarui | poor-quality; low-quality; shoddy |
| 質が悪い | しつがわるい shitsugawarui | poor-quality; low-quality; shoddy |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 最悪 | さいあく saiaku | worst |
| 悪口 | わるぐち waruguchi | (verbal) abuse; speaking ill of people; bad-mouthing |
| 悪化 | あっか akka | deterioration; getting worse; worsening |
| 悪魔 | あくま akuma | devil; demon; fiend |
| 悪い | わるい warui | bad; poor; undesirable |
| 質問 | しつもん shitsumon | question; inquiry; enquiry |
| 物質 | ぶっしつ busshitsu | material; substance |
| 体質 | たいしつ taishitsu | constitution (physical); physical make-up; predisposition (to disease) |
See also: Chinese symbol for “shoddy”.
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